BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

A Remedy from our eBook, 321 GO! We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises. Using these creative thinking exercises, we pushed them to forget (temporarily) what they have been doing and re-imagine the situation from different perspectives.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3 Innovation Strategy – 6 Ideas Better than “Clean Sheet of Paper” Creativity. 9 Extreme Creativity Questions from Peter’s Laws. Creative Thinking – 7 Keys to How “Idea Magnets” Boost Creativity.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? That was a persistent question during a recent Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop that also included a heavy dose of content on creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Are you making sure women are in leadership positions where they can voice things that need to be said that male leaders are unwilling to say? We have free Brainzooming eBooks for you to help navigate barriers and boost innovation! And once they did, the men in the group jumped in to these powerful conversations. Scarce resources ?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Try asking surprising strategic planning questions to push your leadership team toward new thinking. While conventional wisdom can speed decision making and prevent you from repeatedly making the same mistakes, it also is a powerful weapon to stand in the way of new thinking, innovation, and applying creativity to business strategy.

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BrainZooming

JULY 13, 2016

When it comes to whether an organization demonstrates ample creativity and new ideas, you have to place a load of responsibility on the leadership. How the leaders encourage and cultivate new ideas (or don’t) will affect the volume and richness of creativity throughout the organization. Leaders Getting in the Way of Creativity.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Based in Cedar Park, Texas, Barron creates a wide variety of creative assets and works with Planview’s team of contract designers. Anybody from sales to marketing comes to me with a creative request like an ad for social media, a presentation, or a piece of collateral like an ebook. We value our team and collaboration.

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BrainZooming

JULY 18, 2018

Idea Magnets: 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders , my new Brainzooming book on daily innovation, is now available on Amazon.com. Using Idea Magnets strategies, you’ll be able to envision new creative paths that deliver powerful impact, attract new ideas and people, and strengthen your leadership.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. Creative Thinking: What Is the Right Size for a Brainstorming Group? we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies.

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BrainZooming

MAY 30, 2017

As you and your leadership team announce the new innovation strategy, your employees have questions. Instead, give your team creative thinking questions appropriately sized to the innovation you are seeking. This FREE eBook features thirteen question-based exercises to foster strategic conversations for disrupting.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

Tomorrow, I’ll be closing the Nature Explore and The Outdoor Classroom Project Leadership Institute with a comparable message. One theme for the Leadership Institute presentation is finding the blue sky – the open opportunities – even amid what seems to be an onslaught of constraints and limitations. Creativity.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. What’s the life cycle of creative ideas?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2017

This involves working with the organization’s leadership team to identify important factors shaping strategic decisions. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. The group discussion determines the ultimate location for each idea on the grid.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2016

I inherited leadership of our department about a week into the strike, and we pointed EVERYONE toward understanding current customer sentiment and developing the plan to incent them to use our brand again even though we had let them down. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Eight years ago today, I published an article about personal leadership, asking the question, “What would you do with an extra day?” That proved to be true; since that time, we have collaborated on two American Marketing Association national market research conferences several years ago and a creative workshop a few months ago.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Yet, having worked with the individual closely in the previous year, I witnessed the most dramatic turnaround in personal leadership I had ever seen in a co-worker. A Personal Leadership Test. Based on the personal leadership turnaround, I made the case several times for a demotion and not a termination. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 8, 2018

A participant at a Brainzooming creative leadership presentation stayed afterward. Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis. Whether you are just starting your strategy or think you are well down the path, you can use this eBook to: Engage your team. He asked an intriguing question. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 3, 2018

Help team members who are working on communicating and implementing the plan to perform effectively and creatively. Within that framework, here are the questions to answer so your team can most effectively represent senior leadership to the entire organization. Objectives. Guidelines. Yes, strategic planning can be fun.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. Googling “orange,” I discovered it is the color of creativity and innovation. Current Orange Socks. So, yes, I still wear orange socks daily.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 8, 2018

We’ve written about three important strategic perspectives (general management, functional expertise, and people with creative energy) and three types of voices (traditional, challenger, and emerging) to include in any type of strategy workshop. Who should you invite to participate in an innovation strategy workshop ?

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BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

I also created and delivered a 6-part webinar series addressing The New Important for businesses trying to innovate and restart during the pandemic; the webinar series involved a 2 ½ hour combination of existing and new frameworks plus creating six eBooks in five weeks. The possibilities include: Webinars for your audience members.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 15, 2017

We mentioned how frequently we’re being asked to incorporate uncertainty into Brainzooming creativity and strategic thinking presentations. Considering that, I added new strategic thinking content on flexibility into my presentation at The Leadership Institute. What’s Your Implementation Strategy for Uncertain Times?

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 28, 2015

It is one of the best ways to get creative. Here are some Creative Clicks that may help. Remember to click on the headlines for these creative clicks to link to the articles. It’s not a Creative Clicks without an Infographic. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. So why increase listening?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2017

If you find your teams continually struggling to turn strategic plans into implementation success, the Brainzooming strategy eBook, 321 GO! In this new strategy eBook , we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies. Waiting for inspiration before launching.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Today I am focusing on LinkedIn inspirations for creative clicks; I get inspiration there every day. As always with creative clicks, click on the headlines in these LinkedIn Inspirations to link to the original article. Being a HUGE egghead, it inspires me to get a dose of the science behind creative thinking exercises.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The organization is going through a major leadership transition. Download our FREE eBook: The 600 Most Powerful Strategic Planning Questions. This Brainzooming strategy eBook features links to 600 proven questions for: Developing Strategy. Extreme Creativity. Photo by Emily Morter on Unsplash. Branding and Marketing.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies. You will learn effective, proven ways to move your implementation plan forward with greater speed and success.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Anything about faith I try to link to strategy, creativity, and innovation, all pillar topics for our work and the blog. I’ll share real-life examples that touch on strategy, creativity, innovation, and EVEN social media and content marketing. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 4, 2016

That would definitely take extreme creativity ! A New Add to Our Extreme Creativity Strategic Thinking Exercises. Thinking about the statement further and the audacity of trying to do “the impossible with nothing” suggested this idea was the ultimate in extreme creativity.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Your innovation expertise could also be in training, executing of innovation Strategy and Models, project management, and leadership. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Download this FREE eBook to turn ideas into actionable innovation strategies to drive your organization’s comeback!

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Strategic Thinking about What to Keep and What to Creatively Change. Creating Change with Less Leadership and Information than You’d Like. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. Confronting Individuals’ Change Challenges.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2017

Amid a recent major leadership transition, the incoming CEO drove a broad, collaborative, strategic input initiative. A large leadership group shaped a strategic plan with several strategies and accompanying tactics. After the individual conversations, introduce the recap at a leadership team meeting with no surprises.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 18, 2016

Programs where leadership is solidly on-board. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Download this FREE eBook to turn ideas into actionable innovation strategies to drive your organization’s comeback! Off-limits topics and conversations. Programs considered familiar and safe.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

They now include: A variety of free eBooks. The Idea Magnets book on creative leadership. For those of you interested in learning more and about how you can start Brainzooming for yourself, your team, and your organization, we’ve expanded the available resources over the years.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help you generate extreme creativity and ideas! Leadership Skills – 8 Ways to Fake It Until You Make It Creative Ideas – 5 Authors’ Perspectives for Defeating “Enemies of Invention”.

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